August 5, 2000 11:14 AM

Marc Andreesen via Wired: "Seven million dollars seemed too incredible to pass up. But what we didn't realize is that we were selling our soul." The check arrived, and the team was jubilant - but then Netscape had to fulfill its obligation to create software to MCI's specifications instead of software that would have been useful to a wide range of customers. " We became their indentured servants," Andreessen says. "A big early customer owns you."

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